419 scam: isa usman <isa_usman10@hotmail.fr> RE: DEAR FRIEND. BENEFICIARYnt and confidential.ial.abraakatuPŒë¸"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "location where the money will be remmitted" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "appliction which you shall fill and send to the bank" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: isa usman <isa_usman10@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <isa_usman999@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:27:58 +0000
Subject: RE: DEAR FRIEND.

And Accounting Department Bank Of Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Dear friend,I am MR ISA USMAN , the manager in charge of auditing and accounting department bank of Africa ouagadougou burkina faso .With due respect and regard i have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction .In our bank ( Bank of Africa) Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, there is an abandoned sum of $ 10.5m ( ten million five hundred thousand us dollars ) in an account that belong to one of our foriengn customer who died along with his family on 31th July 2000, in plane crash and the fund has been dormat in his account with this bank without any claim of fund since we got the infomation about his death , the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come down and claim his money because the bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking principles.It is therefore upon this discovery that i have decided to make this business proposal to you so that the bank will release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill because the banking law and guidelines here stipulate that if such money remained unclaimed within a period of TEN YEARS the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as un claimed fund . The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreiner and Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreiner.In this transaction ( 40 percent ) of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect of the provision of a foreign account , (10 percent ) will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and ( 50 percent would be for me.There after i will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged , you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name , your account number , your telephone and fax number for easy efective communication and location where the money will be remmitted.Upon receipt of your reply ,iwill send to you by fax or mail the text of appliction which you shall fill and send to the bank and i will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk free and that you should not entertain any fear as all arrangements have been made for the transfer.Thanks,yours sincerely,Isa Usman N.B see for yourself the site of the plane crash :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

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